It's best to do these quite early in advance to when you are going to leave but it the past it has only taken a couple of days to come through the post if you forget and leave it to the week before you leave.

7th May 2008

thank man, rapped

7th May 2008

Do not rely on this rather than travel insurance.Use it along with your insurance. I clamrd back over £300 taxi fares, and my insurance paid for two extra seats on the home flight, when my OH broke her ankle on holiday.I don't think the EHIC would do this for you.. You only get the hospital treatment.

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7th May 2008

rockyfella;2048884

Do not rely on this rather than travel insurance.Use it along with your … Do not rely on this rather than travel insurance.Use it along with your insurance. I clamrd back over £300 taxi fares, and my insurance paid for two extra seats on the home flight, when my OH broke her ankle on holiday.I don't think the EHIC would do this for you.. You only get the hospital treatment.

Agreed but its a lot better than nothing at all which a lot of travellers have.

7th May 2008

csiman;2048934

Agreed but its a lot better than nothing at all which a lot of travellers … Agreed but its a lot better than nothing at all which a lot of travellers have.

Quite right LOL.:thumbsup:I would never travel without insurance. If you don't get it free with your bank account, it won't cost a fortune if you shop around.

Careful with this. A load of rubbish and waste of time IMHO. We nt to France last summer. Little girl fell over and cut her head. She needed stitches and the 5 days later stitches removed. Paid £120 for the treatment and medicines required. Called the helpline number (from France) and was advised to pay and then reclaim when I returned, with the receipts.Then when filling the forms I noted that it was only possibly to get 70% back... Well that's better than nothing, so of I sent the forms.1 month later, and I receive a letter informing me that it has been sent to France and will be dealt with when the information is returned.1 further month later and a beauty of a cheque arrived for £7.69 Which would not even have covered my phonecall costs from France to their helpline. Waste of time, if I'd claimed on my holiday insurance I'd have seen more back.Rubbish system, waste of time.

4th Jul 2008

if you got an ehic card, my friend said you can take out this new thing called ehicplus which covers you for the stuff that the ehic card doesn't cover. it's the equivalent of insurance but cheaper i think. probably worth having a look. its not worth risking taking out the ehic/e111 by itself!